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Ezekiel 23:31
31Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank.
Ezekiel 23:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand.
- New International Version (NIV)You have gone the way of your sister; so I will put her cup into your hand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You have gone the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will put her cup in your hand.’
Context of Ezekiel 23:31
29They will treat you with hatred and rob you of all you own, leaving you stark naked. The shame of your prostitution will be exposed to all the world. 30You brought all this on yourself by prostituting yourself to other nations, defiling yourself with all their idols. Because you have followed in your sister’s footsteps, I will force you to drink the same cup of terror she drank. 32“Yes, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “You will drink from your sister’s cup of terror, a cup that is large and deep. It is filled to the brim with scorn and derision. 33Drunkenness and anguish will fill you, for your cup is filled to the brim with distress and desolation, the same cup your sister Samaria drank.
Read all of Ezekiel 23Ezekiel 23:31 word by word
בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ אֲחוֹתֵ֖ךְ הָלָ֑כְתְּ וְנָתַתִּ֥י כוֹסָ֖הּ בְּיָדֵֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 23:31
- Ezekiel 23:13I saw the way she was going, defiling herself just like her older sister.
- Ezekiel 16:47But you have not merely sinned as they did. You quickly surpassed them in corruption.
- Jeremiah 3:8She saw that I divorced faithless Israel because of her adultery. But that treacherous sister Judah had no fear, and now she, too, has left me and given herself to prostitution.
- 2 Kings 21:13I will judge Jerusalem by the same standard I used for Samaria and the same measure I used for the family of Ahab. I will wipe away the people of Jerusalem as one wipes a dish and turns it upside down.
- Jeremiah 7:14So just as I destroyed Shiloh, I will now destroy this Temple that bears my name, this Temple that you trust in for help, this place that I gave to you and your ancestors.
- Daniel 9:12You have kept your word and done to us and our rulers exactly as you warned. Never has there been such a disaster as happened in Jerusalem.
Commentaries on Ezekiel 23:31
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-34You will drink your sister’s cup: Jerusalem would have to drink from this bitter cup of judgment, just like Samaria did. The pain from this judgment would make her beat (or tear) her breast in anguish.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. her cup--of punishment (Psa 11:6; 75:8; Jr 25:15, &c.). Thy guilt and that of Israel being alike, your punishment shall be alike.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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